“Twenty students have died either due to suffocation or jumping from the building when fire engulfed the commercial complex,” Gujarat minister of state for health Kishor Kanani said. The operation to douse the fire is on,” said a city fire official. May the injured recover quickly.Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel said, “We have ordered a detailed inquiry and anyone found responsible for the incident won’t be spared,”The state government has announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each for the family members of those who died in the incident.Congress president Rahul Gandhi also expressed his condolences to the families of the students killed in the blaze and said he prayed for the early recovery of those injured.Local people helped with the rescue operation to save stranded students and other occupants of the building housing coaching classes and other establishments. “My thoughts are with bereaved families.Chief minister Vijay Rupani ordered the principal secretary of the urban development department to rush to the spot. Have asked the Gujarat government and local authorities to provide all possible assistance to those affected,” he tweeted.TV channels showed horrific scenes at the Takshashila Complex in Sarthana area where the building is located, as students tried to save themselves by jumping out of windows. Several injuries were also reported.Surat: A massive fire engulfed a four-storey commercial complex in Surat on Friday, killing 20 teenage students at a coaching centre, many of whom jumped and fell to their deaths while some were suffocated, officials said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “extremely anguished” by the fire tragedy in his home state.“Several students on the fourth and third floor jumped off to the ground to save themselves from fire and smoke. Many have been sent to hospital.Nineteen fire tenders and two hydraulic platforms were pressed into service for dousing and rescue operations, Sarthana area of Surat, said an official of Surat fire control room..A video clip aired by Double Jacket Hose Manufacturers news channels showed students jumping off from third and fourth floor windows amid plumes of thick smoke rising from the building

Claiming that many people are following odd-even scheme, the minister appealed to media to conduct an open survey on the road-rationing plan so that a clear picture could come out before the masses.Mr Rai said that on April 15 last year, only 47 fire incidents had taken place, but on the same day this year, 113 incidents occurred.In support of his claims, Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai on Thursday released a data on the fire incidents across the national capital from April 15-27 in 2015 and 2016. 104 such incidents were reported on April 16, 2016 while on the same date, 51 incidents had taken place last year. We will be able to decide on the scheme after studying these survey reports,” he said.The Delhi government on Thursday said that the fire incidents between April 15 and 27 have increased three-fold compared to last year, causing “significant damage” to the city’s air quality. In last 15 days, fire incidents have increased by three times compared to such incidents last year during the same period, which has left significant impact on damaging the city’s air quality,” the transport minister said. “We don’t know who is behind sudden increasing numbers of these fire incidents. Your   and our opinions may be different on the scheme, but we should carry out an open survey involving people so that a clear picture could come out on the scheme. This year, 117 fire incidents were reported on April 26 while last year only 69 such cases had occurred.On Wednesday, 142 fire incidents took place, but on April 27 last year, only 61 incidents had been reported, Mr Rai said. These incidents also include fire in houses.“These days, the play of fail and pass on odd-even scheme is currently running on the odd-even scheme..The government’s claim China Wholesale Nitrile Rubber Hoses came at a time when reports of various organisations suggest that major impact has “not been noticed” so far on the improvement of air quality due to the second phase of the implementation of the odd-even scheme.